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SHOPWORKERS’ union Usdaw is calling on delegates at the TUC Black Workers’ Conference this weekend to back stronger collective bargaining rights.
They say this will enable trade unions to better tackle race discrimination and the disproportionate impact austerity has had on black workers.
Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis said: “Austerity has had a disproportionate and adverse effect on black workers, their families and communities.
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CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
Making sure this Labour government delivers on decent jobs, strong workplace rights and well-funded public services will defeat the easy answers to real frustrations peddled by the far right, writes JOANNE THOMAS